Japanese Government hopes to avoid public transportation by 2020 without drivers

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13/09/2018

Japanese Government hopes to avoid public transportation by 2020 without drivers

October will be an important month for Japan Government. In Hitachi, they are going to test the autonomic driving in the small buses of the city. With 4th automation level, which is part of the Classification Society of Automotive Engineers. These tests are part of the 2018 Future Investment Path. They want to have unrivaled vehicles for the year 2020.

Hitachi is a city with 19,000 inhabitants, and these tests will take place from October 19 to 28 in small buses. A total of 3.2 kilometers of routes will be carried out by these autonomous buses. The objective of these tests is to establish autonomous vehicles in small cities to reduce cost operations.

In 2020, the implementation of a system for the implementation of the plan "Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism", will implement "Research and development, an advanced system to boost autonomy in society."

Source: esmartcity.es